POLL: Which is the cheaper costume - Sara Palin or that lady that carved the backwards B in her face?  I dunno, but thank god for those two, because now we all have some cheap ways to dress up in a hurry.  Oh crap, what about dudes.  Hipster once again.
FRIDAY
Rusted Shut (12″ Relase Party) and [...]

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HOLLA. Tonight there are three pretty fine shows to choose from, including an early in-store, a short bill at a small club and a long bill at a big one. Take a look at the contenders.

Jack of Heart are from France and they play garage punk. That’s all we could figure out. They’re [...]

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Can we just all take a moment to give a round of applause to the Free Press. It’s the little independent publication that could, and once again it has shown that it not only gets the caboose up to the top of the mountain, but once there builds a bridge to the next peak [...]

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LOOFA DONCHAKNOW! Way back in June you may recall we were pretty breathless in our review A World of Her Own, the exhaustive career retrospective of early 80s syrup city New Wavers the Mydolls. In the aftermath, we were positively starstruck when bassist Dianna Ray wrote us to say thanks for the write [...]

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Tonight you’ve got many fine options to choose from in the entertainment department, to say nothing of the VP Debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden or, as Palin might have named him, Beans Harpoon Biden. So, whether you’re planning on hitting the town for some jams or sticking around the house [...]

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UPDATE 7:29PM - The show at the Mink tonight is Cancelled
CAN YOU FEEL IT, BUMPING ON YOUR STEREO?  No, that’s not an old fav from Supergrass, what you’re hearing is the sound of marquee show after marquee show falling off the walls and into the bin of RESCHEDULE or CLOSED.  Rather than do like we [...]

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Aaaah vacation.  It’s freaking great, but alas it must come to an end.  No, it’s true, we’ve actually gotten rather sick of staying indoors in our private bungalo while we sit through so many unwanted guests rudely fromping about on our allegedly priave Bahamas beach.  Ike was really the last strat, cantakerous little devil.  So, [...]

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OOOOOOOOOH FIZZLE BIZZLE. You know, in the midst of a truly LOL Vice Presidential vetting disaster, it’s harder than Gary Hart to compete for your attention - and we recognize this. But fortunately, some news that will in no way raise to the DailyKos or Redstate radar has come across our desks and [...]

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It’s nearly impossible to talk about music in Houston without delving into hip-hop, yet somehow we’ve managed to do a pretty good job avoiding the genre until now. Truth is, we love the rap in town, we just think it gets plenty of press everywhere else, and would never describe our taste in it [...]

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UPDATED: ok.  turns out there is a show in Montrose afterall. This is a weird weekend kinda, and not just cause we’re recommending shows at Fitzgeralds, Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar and Double Dave’s Pizza (to some of you it will also be weird that we’re all frosted tips about a weekend at the Shady Tavern [...]

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